Capstone Project – Rethinking Defensiveness

Rethinking Defensiveness: Understanding and Shifting the Impact of Defensiveness in Unconscious Bias Trainings Author: Heidi Hartman, March 2017 Advisor: Ryan Smerek MS Learning and Organizational Change (MSLOC), Northwestern University   This study examined unconscious bias facilitators and how they leverage defensiveness in their training sessions as a way to understand how defensiveness in all types … More Capstone Project – Rethinking Defensiveness

Corruption Reduction Events, March 2004

As the manager of Special Projects and Publications at the Center for Citizen Initiatives, I was the lead organizer for the below events from organizing detailed logistics for getting delegates to Washington, DC, breaking them into small groups and arranging for meetings with officials and embassies, negotiating contracts with venues, managing volunteers that were helping … More Corruption Reduction Events, March 2004

Recommendations for the President of the Russian Federation

Below are the documents the Russian delegation composed on their learning about Corruption Reduction to present in the Kremlin in March 2004 to Russia’s leadership. Learn more about the Corruption Reduction events that led up to the creation of to these documents Address to the President of the Russian Federation, March 2004   Recommendations for … More Recommendations for the President of the Russian Federation

SVI Hollyhock Reflections 2012

By Heidi Hartman on November 5, 2012 – 3:39pm Originally posted on http://www.renewalpartners.com In mid-September, 140 business leaders and social entrepreneurs gathered on Cortes Island to share challenges, successes, and experiences with peers during the 17th Annual Social Venture Institute (SVI) at Hollyhock. The unique mix of participants across generations and industries made this a gathering to … More SVI Hollyhock Reflections 2012

SVI Hollyhock Reflections 2011

Originally posted on http://www.RenewalPartners.com in October 2011 In mid September, 140 business leaders and social entrepreneurs gathered on Cortes Island to share challenges, successes, and experiences with peers during the 16th Annual Social Venture Institute (SVI) at Hollyhock. The unique mix of participants, industries and sectors made this a dynamic gathering.  We were thrilled to … More SVI Hollyhock Reflections 2011

Designing Nudges: 3 Inspired Nudges

MSLOC Cognitive Design: Designing Nudges By: Heidi Hartman and Diane Rosso July 2015 #1 TITLE: Just-In-Time Learning for a Difficult to Reach Sales Team CHALLENGE: Despite the fact that there are thousands of learning assets (e.g. high quality online courses, feature sheets, white papers, videos) posted and readily available on a company’s intranet site, the perception … More Designing Nudges: 3 Inspired Nudges